Become a Peer Coordinator with AVI Health & Community Services in Nanaimo, BC. This role emphasizes peer engagement and harm reduction strategies within the community, making a lasting impact.

AVI Health & Community Services is looking for a Peer Coordinator rooted in lived experience of substance use. This impactful contract role will support the Nanaimo Community Action Team in its mission to tackle the drug poisoning crisis. Your engagement will foster peer-led initiatives, elevate community voices, and promote culturally safe practices.

Key Responsibilities:
• Build trust-based relationships with affected individuals
• Conduct outreach to identify needs and share resources
• Support inclusive engagement processes for lived experience voices




• Participate in monthly Community Action Team meetings
• Assist with harm reduction supply distribution and education

Requirements:
• Lived or living experience with substance use
• Experience in peer support or community outreach
• Knowledge of harm reduction practices
• Robust communication and relationship-building abilities
• Organizational skills for managing multiple responsibilities

Utilize your experiences to support AVI's mission and make a real difference in the Nanaimo community.
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📌 Peer Coordinator for Harm Reduction (British Columbia)
🏢 AVI Healthmmunity Services
📍 British Columbia